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Preface

Introduction. The Ashes of Reform

PART ONE THE RAPID RISE OF PRISON REFORM IN NEW YORK, 1929–1944

1 The Reformer’s Mural: The Liberal Penal Imagination

2 A New Deal for Prisons: The Politics of Reform in New York

PART TWO PRISON LIVES AND THE WORLD OF THE REFORMATORY

3 Adolescents Adrift: Young Men on the Road to Coxsackie

4 Against the Wall: Survival and Resistance at Coxsackie

5 Reform at Work: Ideas into Action at Coxsackie

6 A Conspiracy of Frustration: Coming Home

PART THREE THE SLOW DEATH OF PRISON REFORM IN NEW YORK, 1944–1977

7 The Frying Pan and the Fire: The Reformatory in Crisis, 1944–1963

8 Out of Time: Coxsackie and the End of the Reform Idea

9 Floodtide: Coxsackie and Post-Reformatory Prison Politics, 1963–1977

Conclusion. The Ghost of Prisons Future

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